by American Society of Hematology Credit: CC0 Public Domain Half of pregnant women who had a simple blood test to check their iron stores had low iron levels, and one in four had severe iron deficiency, according to a paper published today in the journal Blood Advances. But despite how common iron deficiency is, 40% of pregnant...
by The Associated Press In this May 7, 2020 file photo, a pregnant woman waits in a food pantry line at St. Mary’s Church in Waltham, Mass., for people in need of groceries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two obstetricians’ groups—The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine are now...
Urinating more frequently than normal is common during pregnancy. As a standalone symptom, it is not a cause for concern, but a pregnant person should consult their doctor if they experience pain while urinating or other symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI). Frequent urination is a common early sign of pregnancy. Urinary frequency initially...
by University of Utah Health Sciences Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Women who have preeclampsia during pregnancy are at least three times more likely to have strokes later in life than women who do not have a history of this condition, according to University of Utah Health scientists. Based on this finding, the researchers recommend that women who have...
MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER, Minn. – Though researchers have long known that several physiological and anatomical changes occur during pregnancy that can contribute to kidney stone formation, evidence of the link has been lacking. But now Mayo Clinic researchers believe they have that evidence. An observational study that reviewed the medical records for nearly 3,000 female patients from 1984 to...
by University of Sydney New research from the University of Sydney finds that even low levels of alcohol consumption during pregnancy can have an impact on a child’s brain development and is associated with greater psychological and behavioral problems in youth including anxiety, depression and poor attention. Published today in the American Journal of Psychiatry, the study...
by Monash University Credit: CC0 Public Domain A comprehensive international study, led by Monash University researchers, has definitively found that pregnancy can delay the onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) by more than 3 years. MS is four times more prevalent in women and the finding—which used a global database of more than 70,000 MS patients, run by Monash...
Morning sickness can start as early as a few weeks after conception and be the first sign of pregnancy. Morning sickness usually begins at some point during the first trimester and often resolves at 14–16 weeks of pregnancy. More than 70% of pregnancies involve morning sickness at some point. In some cases, the nausea and vomiting may be...
by British Medical Journal Women who are pregnant or trying to conceive should be advised to avoid caffeine because the evidence suggests that maternal caffeine consumption is associated with negative pregnancy outcomes and that there is no safe level of consumption, finds an analysis of observational studies published in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine. Caffeine is probably the...
by Ileana Varela, Florida International University The dangers of smoking are common knowledge. Smoking during pregnancy, even second-hand smoke, can hurt both the mother and her child. But her grandchildren? “Second-hand cigarette smoke exposure during pregnancy has damaging effects that could last for generations,” said Hitendra Chand, a biomedical researcher at the Herbert Wertheim College...
